Bail-support



C. MENDENHALL.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1919.

1,324,685. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

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C. MENDENHALL RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1919.

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' To all whom it may concern:

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CAREY MENDENHALL, OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-SUPPORT.

Be it known that I, CAREY MENDENHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Granite City, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Railsupports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a rail support and has for its primary object to provide a simple, strong and effective means whereby railway rails, especially at the joints thereof will be held against downward or sinking movement. 7

A further object of the invention is to produce a rail support which co-engages with the supporting tiesfor the rails in a manner which will positively insure the proper co-engagement of the support with the rails and consequently prevent lateral as well as sinking movement of the rails.

It is a still further object of the invention to produce a support for railway rails comprising a member in the nature of a plate on which the rails rest, the said plate being received on the supporting ties for the rails, the plate at the diagonally opposed corners thereof being formed with lips which receive therein the base flanges of the rails, said plate upon its underface being ribbed and being formed with pockets through which the ties pass, suitable means being provided for securing the support on the ties, and the ribs or lower portions of the support designed to be contacted by the tamped road bed to more eflectively sustain the said support in proper position with respect to the ties and rails.

Other objects and advantages will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory reduction of the improvement to practice.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement in applied position. I Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view approximately on the lineal-4: of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device, the rails being omitted.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view looking toward the under face of a portion of the support.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' My improved rail support may be of any desired length and may be provided with any desired number of .pockets to receive any desired number of'ties.

The improvement is primarily devised for supporting rails at the joints thereof to assist the joining means in maintaining the rails against vertical or sinking movement as well as against lateral or side movement.

The improvement includes a body plate 10 which, as illustrated by the drawings is arranged over the ties 11 for the rails 12. In the preferred embodiment of the improvement the plate 10, at its diagonally opposed corners is integrally formed with inwardly extending lips 13, the under faces of the said lips'being beveled whereby to engage with the beveled outer faces of the base flanges of the rails 12. The rails 12, in the construction illustrated by the drawings are connected by the usual fish plates 14: and the lips 13 are disposed outward of the ends of the said fish plates so that the same are not. contacted thereby. The plate 10, at the portions thereof that overlie the ties 11 have their edges formed with lateral projections 15, the same being in the Patented Dem-9,1919.

Application filed July 12, 1919. Serial No. 310,311. i '7 nature of ears of a thickness corresponding with that of the plate so that the opposite faces of the ears are arranged parallel or in a line with the opposite faces of the plate. Each of the ears has an opening 16 therethrough, and through these openings pass spikes 17 the angle heads of which may overlie the base flanges of the rails or the edges of the said heads may contact with the edges of the base flanges of. the rails, and these spikes, in addition to the lips 13 assist the securing plates in holding the rails against side movement.

The plate 10 is formed on its under face with a centrally arranged longitudinally extending web 18. This web, at the portions of the device whichengage with the ties 11 is cut away forming substantially rectangular pockets 19 through which the said ties pass. The under walls of the web, or rather the lower walls of the pockets, indicated by the numerals 20 are of a width approximately equaling or only slightly less than the width of the plate 10. The webs 18 between the pockets 19, and outward of the said pockets are incut so that arch-like openings 21 are provided by the lower edges of the web between the pockets while the lower edges of the web outward of the end pockets are beveled upwardly to its juncture with the plate 10, as indicated by the numeral This arrangement is desirable in order to prevent a water dam being formed when the road bed is tainped against the sides and ends of the ties and against the opposite sides ofthe web of the support. like arrangement, while providing proper drainage also permits of a proper taniping of the road bed between the ties and against the opposite sides of the suport. p It is thought from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings that the simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain, so that a further detailed description will not be necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a support for railway rails that rest on ties, a plate received on the ties, secured thereto and having the rails rest thereon said plate being centrally provided upon its under face with a longitudinally extend- The archfor nally opposed corners having inwardly eX- tending lips engaging with the ties, ears on the edges of the plate overlying the ties, securing elements passing through said ears and entering the ties and contacting with the edges of the rails, said plate having a centrally arranged longitudinally extending depending web, said web having openings therethrough providing pockets for the ties, the lower walls of the pockets being of a width approximately equaling that of the plate, the webs between the pockets having their lower edges arched, and the said web having its ends beveled upwardly to its connection with the plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CAREY MENDENHALL. 

